AT&T had already announced plans to install the high-speed network in Austin and Dallas, Texas, and says it is in “advanced discussions” with Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

It’s worth emphasizing that none of this is a guarantee yet. More likely, it’s AT&T publicly pointing out locations it thinks are good candidates for network upgrades.

Google, meanwhile, first launched Google Fiber in 2012. That service also promises speeds of 1 gigabit per second, which the company says could allow someone at full capacity to download an entire feature-length movie in 38 seconds.

Google has already brought the service to Kansas City, Kansas; and Provo, Utah and plans to roll out in Austin, Texas, by the end of this year. Google connects fiberoptic cables directly to a home or office in order to give users broadband Internet and television service.

In Kansas City and Provo, Google’s ultra-fast Internet service costs $70 a month for Internet, or $120 if you add streaming video.

In February, Google said it’s exploring plans to lay down the special cables in nine more metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and San Jose. That includes 34 cities in those regions.